Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced a lot of new storage features, and Microsoft MVP Aidan Finn introduces us to Dynamic Quorum in this helpful introductory article.

Russell Smith shares a Windows PowerShell script that provisions member servers in Microsoft Azure.

Aidan Finn takes a look at Proximal Data AutoCache, a product that boosts read performance of virtualization storage for Hyper-V and vSphere.

Russell Smith shares a helpful PowerShell script to provision domain controllers in Microsoft Azure.

Our two-part series on SMB 3.0 and SMB Multichannel concludes with a discussion of smart SMB design, SMB Multichannel constraints, and SMB bandwidth limits.

Make your IT administration easier with Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012’s ability to pause and drain clusters.

Aidan Finn explains how Windows Server 2012 R2 makes it easier to export virtual machines with the ‘live exporting’ functionality.

Aidan Finn explains several different reasons for why you might want to pin a file in Microsoft’s Storage Spaces.

Aidan Finn explains when you might need to create a NIC team inside of a virtual machine.

In part three of this article series on building a non-clustered Hyper-V host, Aidan Finn provides tips for deploying the host for production environments.